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TIL that NASA spaces flights have had wake up songs for the astronauts starting with the gemini program, the day 2 song for the SpaceX flight is “planetary caravan” by Black Sabbath.

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bQ5Q TIL That an American WWII Pilot escaped from a German POW camp and after three days of evading capture, commandeered a German Folkwolf 109 and flew himself and one other American Pilot to safety in the Netherlands. He was later quoted as saying “When I saw windmills, I knew I had made it,”.
nv6B TIL that Kurt Godel (considered to be one of the most significant logicians in human history) discovered an inconsistency in the U.S. Constitution, one that would allow the U.S. to become a dictatorship
Egopx TIL that none of the people who were filmed or photographed falling from the Twin Towers on 9/11 have ever been officially identified. The collapse of the towers before their remains were removed from the scene made it impossible to identify them through DNA analysis.
5VWNP TIL despite their rivalry, Tesla & Edison worked together. In 1884 they clashed over direct current (DC) vs. alternating current (AC). Edison promoted DC, while Tesla AC, which became the standard. Edison offered Tesla $50,000 to improve his DC generators but reneged on the deal.
be9Q TIL a German Officer asked Picasso “Did you do this”, when he saw a photo of the painting ‘Guernica’, a painting about the effects of German Bombardment on the Spanish Town of Guernica, Picasso simply responded “No you did.”